[Tutor] Difference between a class & module?
Derek Pienaar
derekp at sentechsa.co.za
Fri Jul 2 15:04:36 EDT 2004
Halo Guys.
I need to clear up some confusion regarding a class and a module.
This question came up when I saw an example in "a byte of python"
tutorial, where the join method was used, but (as I saw it) without
importing the string module (as I understood it).
I thought that some frequently used "modules" were built-in and that
string was one of them... not so.
I understand what a class does ... among other things, it mainly defines
or is a template for an object. I understand the concept of objects &
instances but thought that a module was exactly the same as a class.
To my surprise, I heard it not to be so. What then is a module? Please
try and keep the explanation plain and simple if possible :-)
Thanks in advance.
Derek
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